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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

235 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 230 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE EASTERN      

  PORTION OF SUFFOLK...TO NEAR DOWNTOWN NORFOLK...STREAMING          

  NORTHWARD AT 10 MPH.  HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 4  

  PM...WITH    ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES        

  EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3697 7619 3686 7620 3682 7624 3666 7624

      3661 7663 3681 7660 3695 7648



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